These are activities and suggestions about how to explore residents’ views on priorities for care home research. 

 

We do not need a set number of people to take part. We are keen to hear from anyone who is interested and comfortable with sharing their opinions. 

 

You are not expected to do every activity - we appreciate any feedback you can give. 

 

If residents’ family or friends are visiting they are welcome to take part too. We are keen to hear from staff members, volunteers and anyone else who supports residents.

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• Idea 1: Icebreaker (Quiz) – a true or false quiz about research breakthroughs and care home facts. It is nine questions long and has printable A4 “Yes/No/Not sure” prompt cards included.

• Idea 2: Icebreaker (Tile matching game) - a simple game involving making pairs of matching images.

• Idea 3: Answer cards – printable cards that can be cut up and given to participants so that they can write down their ideas about research. These could be paired with a suggestions box or used in activity sessions.

• Idea 4: Discussion prompts – ideas to help facilitate a discussion around care home research in the news.

• Idea 5: Priorities poster – a printable poster to allow participants to “vote” for research topics.

• Idea 6: Prompt cards – A4 prompt cards with pictures and large text to help facilitate activities and discussions.

• There is also a feedback form – an optional form you can use to feedback any suggestions you have about these resources and tell us what they were like to use.